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there will be -- educatation will take big hits with the pelll grants.. to achieve the so-called cuts th they are talking about would mean that a lot of people could be severely, serely hurt. >> but we cannot sustain this level of debt forever. >> cannot, but here is what is wrong -- we have to get control of the deficits, but we do not want to do anything on the revenue sidide. all of the change, all of the pain is coming fm the cuts. you are still leaving those taxax cuts to the wealthyy untouched. still leaving the subsidies in the for the oil companies untouched. everything to the poor folks and middle-class folks, you u bear t the brunt of this. >> mitt romney this week -- "my view is we need a president who agrees to cut cap, and balance the budt. we've not heard much from them, but we dd hear that. >> he does not want to get too far out on a limb here. in the grand bargain, there were revenue increases c closing loopholes that no one wants to defend except for grover norquist, who is having an incredible amount of power in this debate. there is a c
there will be -- educatation will take big hits with the pelll grants.. to achieve the so-called cuts th they are talking about would mean that a lot of people could be severely, serely hurt. >> but we cannot sustain this level of debt forever. >> cannot, but here is what is wrong -- we have to get control of the deficits, but we do not want to do anything on the revenue sidide. all of the change, all of the pain is coming fm the cuts. you are still leaving those taxax cuts to the...
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there was a big difference between cancer and migraines. if we are going to hold up a standard that if you have a headache that knocks you out for an hour or two, you cannot be president, fdr and kennedy, who had addison's disease, and eisenhower, who had a bad heart, would never have been president of the united states. i am not sure that is the position any of us would want to take. i think her answer was good, i think based on the evidence -- is their behavioral evidence of this woman not being able -- >> just be a cautionary. >> well, cautionary is fine -- >> i don't know the capitol hill physicians but i don't think it is fair to imply that somehow this is a less qualified individual. >> i'm not saying that. >> what about rick perry? >> rick . looks more and more like he is going to come into the race. -- rick perry looks more and more like he is going to come into the race. mike huckabee, a conservative finalist in 2008 against john mccain, has taken a shot at him, saying he will be the champion of traditional values and high morals,
there was a big difference between cancer and migraines. if we are going to hold up a standard that if you have a headache that knocks you out for an hour or two, you cannot be president, fdr and kennedy, who had addison's disease, and eisenhower, who had a bad heart, would never have been president of the united states. i am not sure that is the position any of us would want to take. i think her answer was good, i think based on the evidence -- is their behavioral evidence of this woman not...
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this is tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. it is not going to solve the problem to go after corporate jets or even to go after the hedge fund guys, although i would sure like to. they have got to raise revenues, i hate to say, on the middle- class. everybody, everybody -- is the point that gets lost in this -- everybody is in this boat. there is no way out unless every single american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class mark. >> evan is right, because it is going to affect everybody. evan raised the possibility of defaults. when that happens the federal government of the united states, which rose 40 cents of every single dollar we spend every single day, it is faced with the option -- do you face a sergeant in combat in kandahar, a grandmother in a 1-bedroom apartment her social security check, or did you meet obligations of bankers who are holding their debt in beijing and beverlyills? the answer is simple. the prior claim is on the second group. the reality is we are talking about -- the president
this is tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. it is not going to solve the problem to go after corporate jets or even to go after the hedge fund guys, although i would sure like to. they have got to raise revenues, i hate to say, on the middle- class. everybody, everybody -- is the point that gets lost in this -- everybody is in this boat. there is no way out unless every single american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class mark. >> evan is right,...
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they were going to go for the big deal. it was boehner unfortunately who could not get past his own caucus, could notot get past his own majority leader, who was playing to the yahoos in the base. ther are people in the house of representatives who do not believe anything will happen if the debt ceiling is not increased. that is. yahoo mentality, and they do not want to deal with it. >> my colleague is trying to make the point about how you have a compliant, supine press excepting everything out of the white house. tell me -- we have been told again and again that the president is prepared to make cuts in entitlements. name me one. >> a completely compliant and pine press. i love that. let's move on. >> i have other additives but we are short on time. [ mr. connally ] i was paying too much with cable. it was crazy! paying so much you want better quality. it was like you were trapped because that was the only system that was in our neighborhood -- was that cable. i was just getting too frustrated. [ male announcer ] stop pay
they were going to go for the big deal. it was boehner unfortunately who could not get past his own caucus, could notot get past his own majority leader, who was playing to the yahoos in the base. ther are people in the house of representatives who do not believe anything will happen if the debt ceiling is not increased. that is. yahoo mentality, and they do not want to deal with it. >> my colleague is trying to make the point about how you have a compliant, supine press excepting...
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we're talking big money. and doing something on social security and medi-scare. this could easily collapse, but for the first time, -- and medicare. this could easily collapse, but for the first time, you have the leader of the country and the principal legislators doing something. >> but the leader of the country past to meet. this is language he has used for two -- "i am happy to discuss" -- it is not discussion time, it is crunch time. why have we not heard one proposal from the president? the republicans have made a lot. specificic what are you going to do on medicare? >> this is such a circular argument we' having herere. some of us, if you of oz, one of us -- [laughter] had an idea earlier in the year that it would come to this. "come into my parlor, said the spider to the fliy." in came the republicans with the ryan plan, that there had to hand it to them politically -- i am not saying they are substantivelyrong -- a and tying the reductions to the debt limit to force them to c come to the table and talk about making changes. i don't see that as dithering
we're talking big money. and doing something on social security and medi-scare. this could easily collapse, but for the first time, -- and medicare. this could easily collapse, but for the first time, you have the leader of the country and the principal legislators doing something. >> but the leader of the country past to meet. this is language he has used for two -- "i am happy to discuss" -- it is not discussion time, it is crunch time. why have we not heard one proposal from...
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we're talking big money. and doing something on social security and medicaid. it could all easily collapse, but for the first time, you have the leader of the country and a principal legislators at least looking at the possibility of doing the right thing. >> but the leader of the country has to lead. he has not yet. even though we have had the rumors and leaks that he is prepared to look at and to discuss, that is language he has used for two -- "i am happy to discuss --" is that the discussion time. it is crunch time. why have we not heard one proposal from the president? what are you going to do on medicare? >> it is such a certain argument we are having here brought some of us, a few of us, one of us maybe -- [laughter] has an idea that i-he would come to this, -- the idea that he would come to this, "come into my parlor, said the spider to fly." the republicans had their heads handed to them politically -- i am not saying they are substantively wrong -- they tidies debt reductions -- to the reductions -- tied it these debt reductions to the debt limit. i d
we're talking big money. and doing something on social security and medicaid. it could all easily collapse, but for the first time, you have the leader of the country and a principal legislators at least looking at the possibility of doing the right thing. >> but the leader of the country has to lead. he has not yet. even though we have had the rumors and leaks that he is prepared to look at and to discuss, that is language he has used for two -- "i am happy to discuss --" is...
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they were going to go for the big deal. it was boehner, unfortunately, who could not get past his own caucus, could not get past his own majority leader, who was playing to the base. they have people in the house of representatives who do not believe anything will happen if the debt ceiling is increased. that is the yahoo mentality, and they are dealing with it. by my colleague is trying to make a point about how you have a completed, compliant, growth accepting every leak out of the white house here we have been told that the president is prepared to make cuts in entitlements. name me one. >> jobs. a completed, compliant, supine press. i love that. >> i've got other additives, but we are short on time. >> the other day, abc news position cameras all around the country, and they call them soapboxes cameras. they invited people to say what they had to say about the debt ceiling. we put one of the month at the beginning of the program. people are very upset, even if they do not quite understand what the debt ceiling is. do we
they were going to go for the big deal. it was boehner, unfortunately, who could not get past his own caucus, could not get past his own majority leader, who was playing to the base. they have people in the house of representatives who do not believe anything will happen if the debt ceiling is increased. that is the yahoo mentality, and they are dealing with it. by my colleague is trying to make a point about how you have a completed, compliant, growth accepting every leak out of the white...
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i think it would be a big deal if the u.s. government couldn't pay its debts but i don't think that's where we're going to end up. we're not greece. greece is a small economy, greece is way, way deeper in hot than we are. people have lots of options where to put money and greece is low on their list because they think there's going to be a default. where the greece metaphor comes in is that greece and portugal and spain and ireland have raised questions about whether governments keep their promises. and to the extent that the congress and the president can agree on a long run fiscal plan, it raises the question of, are we ever going to get our act together so that we don't become greece? >> and is the market yet or do you suspect it will either price this in or panic? >> it's been amazing how calm the markets have been and i think there are two reasons for that. one is, they kind of assume that eventually washington will do what it has to do. and secondly, greece and europe have been such a preoccupation that nobody wants to h
i think it would be a big deal if the u.s. government couldn't pay its debts but i don't think that's where we're going to end up. we're not greece. greece is a small economy, greece is way, way deeper in hot than we are. people have lots of options where to put money and greece is low on their list because they think there's going to be a default. where the greece metaphor comes in is that greece and portugal and spain and ireland have raised questions about whether governments keep their...
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these are tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. there inot enough in corporate jets or even the hedge fund guys, although i would like to. they have to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. this is the point that gets lost on this. everybody is in this boat. there is no way out of it unless every single american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> everybody is in it, and evan is right -- evan addressed the possibility of default. when that happens, the federal government of the united states, which bars or 40 cents of every dollar we spend every single day, is faced with the option -- do you pay a sergeant in combat in kandahar, a grandmother with a 1-bedroom apartment in social security check, or to meet the obligations of bankers who are holding their debt in beijing and beverly hills? the answer is simple. the prior claim is on the second group. the reality is we are talking about -- the president is proposing increasing taxes, revenues, by 1% over the next 10 years. $400 bi
these are tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. there inot enough in corporate jets or even the hedge fund guys, although i would like to. they have to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. this is the point that gets lost on this. everybody is in this boat. there is no way out of it unless every single american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> everybody is in it, and evan is right -- evan addressed the possibility of...